"Dialogue" ( 对话 ) A dialogued choreography between an Irish and a Chinese.

Póster of "Dialogue". Penghao Theatre. Beijing, China. (June 2009)

"Dialogue" (program) Penghao Theatre. Beijing, China. June 2009.

Fearghus Ó Conchuir (the surname is that known Irish "O'Connor" but in different pronunciation) is an Irish (of course) dancer and choreographer who comes regularly to China to participate in dance exchanges with Chinese artists. Fearghus participated in a performance festival in Dashanzi 798 in 2007, and you can see part of their participation in a video of my post (on this Blog) on May 16th, 2008

Fearghus told me he had spent over two years doing an artistic dialogue, dancing, with Xiao Ke, his chinese partner in this choreography. This dialogue had its first public show in Dublin in July 2008, but the process of intercommunication between them did not end there. A month ago the Irish choreographer met again with her Chinese counterpart for a further work in this very personal dialogue and show it once again to the public. Fearghus Ó Conchúir (you can pronounce also write "O'Conchuir") got an interesting Blog, if you want to take a look... : http://bodiesandbuildings.blogspot.com

"Dialogue" or "对话" (duìhuá) was performed on June 1st, 2009 at Penghao Theatre in Beijing.

Slideshow: "Dialogue". Penghao Theatre. (June, 2009)

Video (Exposureroom): "Dialogue". Penghao Theatre. (June 2009)

DIALOGUE. A Dance Performace by Fearghus Ó Conchúir and Xiao Ke. By Gustavo Thomas
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Video ( Youtube, 2 parts): "Dialogue". Penghao Theatre. (June 2009)

Images from a “Physical Theatre Workshop” at Penghao Theatre, Beijing.

"Physical Theatre Workshop"

Since Feburary 21,2009 a “Physical Theatre Workshop” is held by David Limaverde, a Brazilian actor studying at The Central Academy of Drama in Beijing (中央戏剧学院). I went only to take a look and to take (for my visual Blog-memory) some shots of their work in there.

Penghao Theater is a relatively new drama and dance venue in Beijing; an interesting project dedicated to promote any stage activity, mainly to the new actors and directors prepared in the Central Academy of Drama nearby, but it is also a platform for foreigners artist like David and some of his actresses in the workshop who are living, studying and working in China.

Video of one of the exercises in David Limaverde's workshop

Physical Theatre Workshop at Penghao Theatre, Beijing. By Gustavo Thomas
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